Category: #Mexico
Soaring tortilla prices hit struggling Mexican households hard
Mexico’s poorer households are hardest hit by food price inflation because it eats up a bigger share of their income. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/7/28/soaring-tortilla-prices-hit-struggling-mexican-households-hard Droolin’ Dog sniffed…
Tunnel Discovered With Aztec Carvings Will Be Reburied After Museum Loses Funding
In October 2019, Mexican archaeologists found intriguing reliefs carved around a sluice gate of a 2.5-mile-long, 400-year-old tunnel under the outskirts of Mexico City. But…
Number of attempted crossings at southern U.S. border hits 21-year high
The numbers were the highest since March 2000, when more than 223,000 immigrants were stopped by the Border Patrol at the southern border. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/number-attempted-crossings-southern-u-s-border-hits-21-year-n1274230…
Giant sinkhole threatens house in southeastern Mexico
The huge crater has been growing steadily since it first appeared, causing safety concerns for residents Juan C. Bonilla in Puebla state. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/video/giant-sinkhole-threatens-house-in-southeastern-mexico-114222661542 Droolin’…
Illegal building threatens Mexico’s Teotihuacan ancient sites
Property owner operating with ‘total impunity’ in area where building is forbidden, zone’s head says. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/28/illegal-building-threatens-mexicos-teotihuacan-ancient-sites Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared…
Mother of Army officer returns to United States and family following deportation
SAN DIEGO – Even after being deported from the United States and separated from her children and grandchildren, Rocio Rebollar Gomez never stopped believing in…
At least 23 dead as Mexico City metro overpass collapses
Official say at least 65 injured as videos on Mexican television and social media showed the overpass falling on to cars below A partially collapsed…
US bans shrimp imports from Mexico based on inadequate sea turtle protections
The United States on Friday announced a ban on shrimp imported from Mexico after the country failed to adhere to mandated sea turtle protections during…
Mexico to legalize marijuana
It’s been a long time coming, but Mexico is finally poised to legalize marijuana. Lawmakers have already approved the bill, and both the Mexican Senate…
Biden to deploy Fema to help with surge of migrant children at Mexico border
Fema will support a government wide effort over the next three months to safely receive, shelter and transfer minor children The Biden administration will send…
Mexico moves closer to becoming the world’s largest legal cannabis market
“We’re taking away this beautiful plant from criminals and putting in the hands of retailers and farmers,” said former Mexican President Vicente Fox. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mexico-moves-closer-becoming-world-s-largest-legal-cannabis-market-n1259519…
Republicans call for hearing on Biden’s handling of border surge
House Republicans on Thursday sent a letter to a top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee requesting a hearing on President Biden’s handling of the…
The Yucatán Peninsula Could Be México’s Next Big Independent Music Haven
From sugary surf pop to playful boom-bap, these artists aim to move southeastern Mexico from the cultural periphery to a vital artistic center. Read full…
84% of Mexican hand sanitizers toxic or flawed; FDA issues drastic alert
Enlarge / Hand sanitizer being applied to a person’s hand. (credit: Getty | Leopoldo Smith) The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday issued a…
The Kidnapped American Trump Forgot
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico—The day they kidnapped Jorge Antonio Dominguez, he had spent the afternoon laying tile at the house on Belisario Dominguez Street. It was…
Mexico: new security law strips diplomatic immunity from DEA agents
Law also requires foreign officials in the country to share any intelligence they have obtained with Mexican officials Mexico’s congress has approved a new national…
‘The Three Greats’ Of Mexican Modernism Fought Tyranny With Art
Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros — Los Tres Grandes — are the focus of an exhibition at the McNay Art Museum…
Trump administration rushes to complete Mexico border wall before Biden takes office
The administration’s blasting crews are swiftly tearing through the remote Peloncillo Mountains in forbidding terrain with dynamite, reflecting an increasing urgency to install the structure…
Mexico becomes 4th country to hit 100,000 COVID-19 deaths
Mexico has passed the 100,000 mark in COVID-19 deaths, becoming only the fourth country _ behind the United States, Brazil and India _ to do…
Mexico reaches 1 million virus cases, nears 100,000 deaths
Mexico has registered more than 1 million total coronavirus cases and nearly 100,000 test-confirmed deaths, though officials agree the number is probably much higher Source:…
Playboy Mexico puts first transgender model on the cover
Beauty influencer Victoria Volkova, 27, said she hopes her pictorial makes people more curious about what being transgender means. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/playboy-mexico-puts-first-transgender-model-cover-n1247315 Indie Brew found this…
On Día de los Muertos, Latino families honor relatives who died from Covid
The venerated Mexican tradition, says scholar Ilan Stavans, is an “opportunity for solace because while those who we love die, they are still here with…
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